the artist, philosopher, and basketball sage john lurie once posed the
question...

"who put reggie miller's ears on michael doleac?"

the lakers just administered a righteous butt whupping to the nuggets.
that makes me feel so good
it makes my gray hair turn a deep luscious brown
it makes my liver smile and shake hands with my kidneys
it gives my life extra longevity
it makes me sleep well

phil is gonna get these guys to fulfill their potential within a
sophisticated flowing team concept
thought will become an extraneous thing
it will be like breathing
and the lakers will rise again
to their rightful position as keepers of all that is good in the nba

i don't particularly like the nuggets
i only really like
early boykins (how can you not?)
and voshon lenard
the rest of the guys don't do it for me
doesn't mean they are not good players
k mart, carmelo, etc.....
they just don't make the basketball gods weep and laugh in my heart

i found an old letter that i wrote in response to an anti-laker rant
that someone sent me once
it is from 2001 i think

here it is


The Lakers must win. The Lakers must win it all. They must beat
everyone, in
particular the Spurs (second only to the Jazz in must be defeated
status)
and candyass David Robinson who's window of opportunity will soon close
because Tim Duncan will leave first chance he gets. For every kid in
Inglewood in a Kobe Bryant Jersey. For every person with tall poppy
syndrome who thinks you have to be a loser to be cool. For every person
so
damaged by the terrible Hollywood movies (the flipside of the soulful
city
they all focus on) where some stereotypically romantic male has to be a
miserable, silent, day saving martyr to be a real man. As a youngster I
remember going out and buying the exact gold chain that Norm Nixon wore
and
spending my days trying to imitate his fade away jump shot. I know that
Magic Johnson is the greatest basketball player ever to step on the
court
and his giving style of playing one of the most beautiful things I have
ever
seen. When the Lakers were in their low years between Magic's
retirement and
the glorious signing of Shaq, Jerry West was being interviewed and he
sat
there crying his eyes out in front of Bob Costas as he expressed his
love
for the players on the team. The Lakers (still family
owned)consistently win
because they are the most soulful team in basketball and because I am
the
most pigheaded, tunnel vision having Laker fan that ever lived.
Rick Fox's hair on all your houses

i know it is not nice to write something like that about david robinson
i know he is a stand up guy and a good player
but, you see, the spur fan i was writing to, was simply begging for a
little abuse


never forget michael cooper,

flea